Wood tool



0. W. LITZENBERQ TOY..

APPLICATION FILED MAR 12. 919;

1,325,098, Patented Dec. 16,1919.

A TTORNEYS W -UlSIITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;-

W. LITZENBERG, OF NEW YORK. N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO COLUMBIA WOOD TOOL COMPANY INC, YORK. N. Y.,'A CORIPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Patented Dee. 16, 1919.

Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationifitedv March 12. 1919. Serial No. 2 82 134.

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'-.- f .-new-and useful. Improvements in .To

show an example. ot any Be it knownthat-l. ()rm 1 a citizen of ('lermany, and rel ident of; the borough and county of the ln'onXQeity 5, State of New York have inventedcertain of 'p'avhielr.theiifollowing is a specificat on. 7

mum etlieieney and siimplieityai lain which lszitlietelement of safetyis maintaiue-(l at very I .prhiglrdegree; )thernnore-;speeific objects ot;

- :mv "invention will appear-from the descripl tion hereinafter and the-features ot' 'iu'ivelty l Tend:aeellretl to tli -;wiew;V'Figa 3is;asectional \tiew on the line ,:-;-33-o.f. Firm 1:'l*-ig :..l is: a plairview: lfigs. and (3 are ide elevations illustrating dit-tl .'.;.te'rent:ipositions of the toyin' userand-Fi'gQ ""7 isa horizontalsection .on the line of 1 .}'Yi I1 ig 3 L I, a "I As illustrated inthe v drawings. the to comprises frontaroelte gs;lOIand rear rockers 11 connected together respectively, by means ofeifoSS-bars 1:2 and I -Land 14 and 15: in their-normal positions the front and reaz ':.roekers overlap eaeh otheinat their opposed portions. the.illustrationshowing the front roekers' -10 projecting within the rear rock ers 11 and having their inner free ends nure- 1 a =side, elevation F-iexfl 18;

provided with (llslllOHS 16 of felt or the like,

ton-engagementflwith the cross-bar 14, as shown in Fig.7. a :lhefront -1-oekers 10 earl) a front seetron.v

"consiting ofan upright-1T seeuredlto and 1 extending upwardly from the cross-bar 1 and an ineliued hraee=1S having its one end 5 fastened to the upright 17 and its other end seeured to the Cross-bar 12.- The front see-- --tion'ineludes further a seat or saddle 19 carried by the upright 17 and preferably having a back 20: a pair of rigid members 21 are secured to and depend from the saddle 19 at oppo ite sides and are provided with a Feries of apertures 22 for the aromamodation of a toot-bar '23. The latter. which projeets equally in opposite directions iron. said members 21 may he held in posiand i zaddinganv. eon'i lal'ly eompi mproved t( v, IFig-,

tight-2T is beveled or? for engagement mentv alone will serve to or otherwise, a8 In traeti venesg of the v The :rear frtu-ke eoniplementaryto u Y i ea-3iemit! ngl, (,Ytelkllllg' p from th ninelined brat-e3 hav i Lrgqtfll vith said 'ul i end ot tlu upr grht, 27 is thie f propm'l"shaping: theupri 'l'it I curing dock "lSlthereto show and is pivotal (tillllvttfitlfiflf th s, nd l a hinge :30.1 with the upright 17 assl Figs; a ndififl' The upp i V ie li'rieda at;.3l. and is-pret'erablvfl pro ide'd with a eulshio n 'ot felt, or otherls uit'al f material 32 'ith the l ower iui'fae' of the saddle, 19: in uldit ionq a0 3 3"."p'i-ef-4 erahlyof vielding materiah 1 seeuredito-the hraee QSL The 'inel iued g if: 31"a'nd its (-ushion 3'2 and the stop ""eoiiperat'e with the saddle 19 to; limit; the pivotal ;fo'rwar d pose to h more 'fully deserihed hereinafter;

gitv "will. he understood that tinker th in- H del movement not aid 'fiont' in 1:1 sired inann e' 3 if r In its normal position thtoy isin a' state of equilihri nju as indicated in' Fig. I: in Jising the toy the child Iatraddlethe' same and sits upon the' saddle 1 with his feet. resting upon the projecting end port-ioni of the foot-bar 23. whieh may beadjusted to differentdistanees from the saddle 19 to suit the child in question by being placed in the different apertures 22.

It the toy is now rocked backward. it will vfinally rest upon the rear rockers 11, thus ren'ioving the front rockers 10, substantially throughout their length,

with the surface upon which the toy rests; In addition, the rear rockers 11 may be pro- As soon as this happens, the weight of the child on the saddle l9 will'swing the front section on the hinge 30 to the position incli- 5 cated in Fig. 5; in other words, said forward rockers will assume a position advanced with respect to the normal position shown rini Fig. l. The described forward swinging of the front rockers 10 may be facilitated 10 by the child throwing his weight backward on the saddle l9 and pushing forwardly on thefoot-bar 23.

In any case, the forward swinging movement of. thefrontrockers '10 is arrested when saddle 19 comes into contact with the cushion 32 of theinclined surface 31 and the stjop33 or, with eitherof them. It will be fhunderstoodthat the inclination of the sur 7 angel and the locationand dimensions of j 210 thestop33 are predetermined in accordance 5 ,with the extent of forward swing it is gintended to give to the 'front rockers '10.

The toy, in rocking forwardly, is finally Q} supportedaiponlthe front rockers 10 in their a; advancedfposition and :is 'thus' advanced froni its previous'location; as the toy is thus roeked lforwardly, the rear rockers 11 will be removcd'from' engagement with the'surfacepreviously'mentioned, as indicated by dotted linesin ig. 6; As soon as this happens, saidfrear rockers 11 "will swing 'forwardly by gravity from, thep ojsition" shown byfd'otted lines in Fig. '6 until the cross-bar 14:,conta'cts with thecushions 16 on the ends of thegfront rockerslQ or, in other words,

until .the position s'hdwn in full lines in Fig.

, 6 is reached. The rear rockersll have thus again resumed their normal positionirelative' to the front rockers which a're again swung reviously dewardly, the forward rockers 10 are swung to anew advanced position from which it fol- -.loivs that the toy, in rocking forwardly upon I said. front rockerslO, assumes a new position, advanced-With respect to' its previous position. The toy thus not only describes rocking movements but is caused to travel over the surface upon which it rests.

If it is desired to useithe toy simply'as a' rocking toy, the two sets of rockers lO'and ,11 may be detachably locked together in any:

' suitable manneragainst relative movement;

1 for instance, hooks'34 pivotally attached to the cross-bar 14, and hooking into eyelets 35 secured upon the cross-bar 13, may be provided for this purpose, as shown in Fig. 7.

vided with suitably located stops 36'whereby1 the backward rocking of the toy is arrested within limits which are safe and whereby overturning 1s prevented.

By providing the depending members 21 danger of a "minimum. 1 The toy is slmpl'e in construction with all ccidents is thus reduced. to a parts readily accessibleand may be produced at a*low cost; is 1 positive" in -action and =01)- erates smoothly and efiiciently without jars or shocks. a: .Va'riou's changes i in the specific ii form shown and'dcs'crib'ed may be made=within the scope of"t he "c1aimswithout departing 'escribed comprising complemental' front and rear sections includmg front andrear 'rockers, said section's be- ",ative' swingingof said-frontsection is.ar

' '2.' *A"traveling rocking front rockers, rear rockers,wfrontgand rear frames carried respectively by said.-front and rear rockers and converging upwardly,

said fra'niesbeing pivotally'l connected at their upper ends,- a saddle carried by. said from frame whereby the latter andthe front rockers are pivotally swung relatively to the "rear frame and rocks .undertheweight 'of the'rider,-stopping means on said rear frame cooperating with said saddle to arrest the relative pivotal movement of said front frame, rigid members fixed'upon and depending from said saddle and each provided with a series of apertures ,"a foot-bar arranged to fit said apertures, a member car ried by said front section and rigidihandles fixed uponsaid last named members my hand.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set oTTo w. LIr-ZENBER i'ng' pivotall"'connected togeth'enaa saddle on the front'sectionarrang'ed to bedepressed under the"weight of the rider whereby said front section and "its rockers are swungforwardly relatively to said'rearasection, and means on-"said rear section'whereby the rel- 

